Bathtub shipping crate and cover



Aug. 7, 1928.

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E N T O F F l M FAUX; M. BEES, 0F IGHJUIO,rr ILLINOIS, ASSIGNR T0 CRNELL` WOOD PROD'UCJLFJ CGM- PANY, A CORPORATION OF WXSGONSIN.

BATIITUB SHIPPING CRATE ND UUVER.

Applicationlc-d May 24, 1926, Serial No. 111,230. Renewed January w, 192th.

Considerable diiificulties are encountered in shipping enameled bath-tubs and the like due to the tact that the lsame are roughly handled, very often resulting in damage to the enameled surfaces of the bath-tubs.

Diiliculty is also encountered after bath-tubs have been delivered and are mounted in place before a'building has been completed. lin such instances plaster, paint and other dirt is often deposited on the enameled surtace of the tub making it extremely diicult to clean the tub after the building has been completed.

rllo obvviate the above mentioned conditions this invention has been devised to provide an improved bath-tub shipping crate in combination With a protecting cover to .tacilitate shipment ot enameled bath-tubs, and furthermore afford a means for protecting the top and Jfront side ot built in bath-tubs during the installation period, and during the time plastering and painting is being done in the building.

lit is an object of this invention to provide an improved bath-tub shipping crate and cover so constructed that the major portion ot the crate may be removed after delivery oit the tub, leaving the minor portion of the crate to serve as a cover to. protect'the interior enameled surfaceA and the exposed outer enameled surfaces oit the bath-tubs during the period in which the plaster Worlr and painting is being done. l

y 'llt is also an object ot this invention to provide a combination shipping crate and .protective covering `tor bath-tubs and the like, said crate having metal retaining bands forming a part thereof which may be severed at selected points to permit a portion ot the crate to be removed, but' leaving a protecting cover tor the bath-tub to protect the tub during the time that the building is being completed.

llt is an important object ot this invention to provide anl improved bathftub shipping crate so constructed that a portion ot vthe same may be readily removed to leave a protective covering tor the tub to obviate damage to the enameled surfaces during the time that the building is being completed.

Uther and turther important objects ot this invention will be apparent from the 'disclosures in the specification and the accompanying drawings.

This invention {in a preferred term) is illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

Un the drawings:

Figure l is a top plan view of a bathtub shipping crate and cover embodying the principles ot this invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation or the same.

Figure 3 is an end elevation ot the shipping crate.

Figure l is an enlarged transverse section taken on line PV -FV of Figure 2.

Figure 5 isa top plan view oit the shipping crate showing certain of' the retaining bands cut to permit the major portion ot the crate to be removed trom the bath-tub.

Figure 6 is a top plan view ot the major portion oi' the shipping crateatter the same has been removed itr'om the bath-tub.

Figure 7 is a transverse section oit the bath-tub showing the minor or cover portion yoit the crate remaining in position to protect the top and side of the bathtub.

As shown on the drawings:

' The lreference numeral l indicates an enameled bath-tub Which is adapted to be shipped in and protected by an improved shipping crate embodying the principles ot this invention. The improved shipping crate comprises a top Wall or cover 2, a `:trout Wall or apron 3, a bottom Wall 4 and a rear Wall 5. rlthe ends of the crate are closed by end Flin Walls 6 and 7. The rear wall, the bottom l and the tvvo endvvalls are ot open construction tormed by Wooden cross pieces, as illustrated on the drawings. The top or cover 2 and the iront Wall or apron 3 are of solid material.

To retain the walls and end pieces secured to one another to torni the completed crate a plurality otmetal bands or hoop members f, 8 and 9 are engaged transversely around the 'crate and nailed or otherwise secured 1n po- Fill lltltll l, ttl

interior surface or the exposed .enameled sur- 'faces damaged. When a crated bath-tub 1s received, and delivered into a bat-h room or other place where it is to be installed, a person assigned toI unpack the bath-tub Vcuts the metal retaining straps 9 and 10 at the points 13, illustrated in Figure 5, and at the points 14.- on the front side ofthe crate. This cutting of the retaining straps divides the crate into two sections, i. e., the major. section illustrated in Figure 6, and the minor section which is clearly shown on the bath-- tub in'Figure 7. After the metal straps have been severed at the points 13 and 14 and hereinbefore described, the major portion of the crate illustrated in -Figure 6 is removed from the bath-tub thus leaving the bath-tub with the back, bottom and two ends eX- posed. The protecting cover comprising the top wall 2 and the front wall or apron 3 may be-temporarily removed from the bathtub during the time the bath-tub is built in or installed in position. 'In the case of aV built in tub where only the top and front face of the bath-tub remains exposed, the minor portion of the crate is put back in position thereby covering the top of the bath-tub by the cover section 2, and also protecting the exposed front surfaces of the,

bath-tub by the front wall or apron 3, as shown in Figure 7. The protecting covering for the bath-tub just describedis left in position on the installed bath-tub during the time `that the plaster work, enameling and paint` ing isbeing done in the bath room to vcoiiiplete the same. It will thus be seen that the minor portion of the crate serves as a protective covering for the enameled surfaces of the bath-tub during the time that theI building is being' completed. The enameled surfaces of the bath-tub are thus kept clean and free from splatterings of plaster, enamel, paint and the like. After the bath room has been completed `the protecting cover may be readily removed from the built in bathtub, which is free from dirt and may be ready for service merely requiringan ordi-1 nary washing out.

The various walls of the crate may be formed of wooden strips secured together by suitable means, and the walls retained in an associated relation by the metal bands or strips. Attention is directed to the fact that the top wall or cover 2, and the front Wall or apron 3 are preferably constructed of a composition board which is light in weight and very strong and durable.

In bath-tubs having one or both ends enameled as well as the interior and front wall, end composition boards are used in the vcrate in addition to the top cover 2 and the front apron 3. It will of course be understood that in each case there will be a protecting covering made of composition board for each of the enameled surfaces of the bath-tub which is to be shipped, and that upon installation only such walls of the crate will be removed whichdo not cover an enameled surface.

I am aware that many changes may be made, and numerous details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon, otherwise than necessitated by vthe prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. A bath-tub shipping and protecting device comprising a cover, an apron secured thereto to form a bath-tub protecting unit, a rear wall, a bottom wall and end walls secured to one another to form a second unit adapted to intertit with the first unit, and metal straps connecting the two units to completely enclose the bath-tub for shipment, /said metal straps adapted to be cut at predetermined points to permit the second unit to be removed from the bath-tub leaving the lirst unit as a protective covering for the top and front faces of the bath-tub.

2. A shipping crate comprising a primary section embracing a pair of connected solid walls, aI secondary section comprising a pair of connected apertured walls and a pair of apertured end -walls, and means connecting said primary section with said secondary section to' form ashipping crate, said means adapted to be cut at predetermined places to permit the secondary section to be removed from association with the primary section to uncrate an article' leaving the primary section on the article to protect the same.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- 

